hiyaive got my sweep on saturday, im bit nervous of it though as ive heard its not the nicest! i think the sucess of it depends on how ripe and soft you are i think but i havnt found much info on it for myself well we will be able to compare between us i guess hehe xxx

g/c here but I had a sweep with baby no.3 when I was 39+6. It was a little uncomfortable at the time but not too bad, and it did the trick because I went into labour that night and had dd on my due date!

Hi hon, yes she said I was already 2cm dilated, but she also said that is very common on a third pregnancy (and in fact it could be that dilated for days and days before labour starts naturally), as cervix has opened up a couple of times before! Apparently your cervix never closes up completely again after first baby.

Tbh I have heard mixed stories as to whether they work or not - think it's about 50/50, and it's more likely to work the nearer you are to going into natural labour.

I googled it before I went for mine, and couldn't find much info on it either!Good luck for Saturday!

Mxx

ps, one other word of warning, you may get a show straight after you've had it (mw gave me a maternity pad) - mine was quite heavy (sorry tmi!) which was probably a good sign that it had worked!

Hi, I had a sweep with my 4th baby when i was 7 days overdue. I had the sweep which was quite uncomfortable that i gripped the midwifes arm at about midday and i gave birth that night at about 1.20am!!! It didn't make me bleed a bit after and start having funny labour pains straight away! My midwife told me if it doesn't feel uncomfortable then the job isn't done properly!!Good luck hun, it will be worth it xxx